2024-2025 Global AI Trends Guide
Dr. Hanns Jörg Herwig
Partner/Notary Corporate & Finance
Languages
English, German
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Jörg Herwig has a perennial experience in advising on private equity and mergers & acquisitions.
He has advised numerous national and international clients, in particular private equity and infra funds, on takeovers, acquisitions, auction procedures, disposals, carve-outs, mergers, restructurings and other corporate law issues, including management incentive programs, shareholder agreements and guarantee and indemnity insurance, in particular regarding life science / health care, infrastructure, TMT, real estate and automotive. He regularly lectures and publishes on these topics.
Jörg is a partner and notary at the Frankfurt office, head of our German Private Equity & Funds practice, as well as a local personnel partner and coordinator of the Hogan Lovells "China Desk".
He studied law at the Universities of Passau and Nottingham and holds a Master of European Law from the University of Nottingham and a Dr. jur. from the University of Passau.
During secondments, Jörg has worked in the New York office of an international law firm and in the legal department of a listed real estate company in Berlin. He is also a member of the German Corporate Law Association.
Representative experience
Chequers Capital on the acquisition of Corning Services GmbH and for that platform SHD System-Haus-Dresden GmbH
Bregal Capital/Bregal Unternehmerkapital on, in particular, the acquisition and divestiture of the proALPHA group as well as the re-investments
Castik Capital in the acquisition of a hospital and a dental chain
UBS Asset Management Real Estate & Private Markets and Northern Fiber Holding GmbH on the acquisition of German fibre network operator sewikom GmbH
Tikehau Capital on its German PE market entry
GENUI in the acquisition of a hospital and all aspects of the former shareholding in All4Labels
Quadriga Capital in various divestitures, acquisitions and participations, including Jack Wolfskin, LR Health & Beauty, AMEOS, hospital acquisitions, Agitalis Group, DOREA Group, we care/newcare
iCON Infrastructure Partners V (iCON) on the acquisition of a controlling interest in three German fiber-related businesses, ropa GmbH & Co. KG, NGN Telecom GmbH and Wisotel GmbH (“SFN Group”)
DWS Group on an investment in German fiber-optic business Deutsche GigaNetz GmbH
Credentials
Education
- Dr. iur., University of Passau, 2005
- Second State Exam in Law, Bavaria, 2002
- LL.M., University of Nottingham, 2000
- First State Exam in Law, University of Passau, 1999
Memberships
- German Association for Corporate Law (VGR)